Re: akmod isn't reliable

2014-01-03 Thread Joe Zeff
On 01/03/2014 12:00 PM, Powell, Michael wrote: The system boot screen did indicate it was initiating / building akmods, but I may not have let it sit long enough. When I manually build the akmod it doesn't take longer than 2m and I'm almost certain I've let it sit longer at boot. If it happens

RE: akmod isn't reliable

2014-01-03 Thread Powell, Michael
> I think it is reliable, you just need to wait it out. The rebuilding of > akmod is being done for a given kernel while that kernel is running, so > when you update the kernel, the akmod doesn't get built until you boot > into it. And when you boot into it, systemd will at some point try to > acti

Re: akmod isn't reliable

2014-01-03 Thread Ed Greshko
On 01/03/14 21:46, Richard Shaw wrote: > On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 10:31 PM, Marko Vojinovic > wrote: > > On Thu, 2 Jan 2014 21:48:32 + > "Powell, Michael" > wrote: > > > I guess this is more of a general question, but somet

Re: akmod isn't reliable

2014-01-03 Thread Richard Shaw
On Fri, Jan 3, 2014 at 6:09 AM, Tim wrote: > Allegedly, on or about 02 January 2014, Richard Shaw sent: > > It's really designed for people who are running > > modified/custom kernels > > That's news to me. Never seen that mentioned before. And I can't > remember how many years ago I started us

Re: akmod isn't reliable

2014-01-03 Thread Richard Shaw
On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 10:31 PM, Marko Vojinovic wrote: > On Thu, 2 Jan 2014 21:48:32 + > "Powell, Michael" wrote: > > > I guess this is more of a general question, but sometimes after > > updating the kernel or nvidia drivers an akmod isn't regenerated and > > my system will begin to boot,

Re: akmod isn't reliable

2014-01-03 Thread Tim
Allegedly, on or about 02 January 2014, Richard Shaw sent: > It's really designed for people who are running > modified/custom kernels That's news to me. Never seen that mentioned before. And I can't remember how many years ago I started using akmods, possibly Fedora 11, with the default kernel

Re: akmod isn't reliable

2014-01-02 Thread Marko Vojinovic
On Thu, 2 Jan 2014 21:48:32 + "Powell, Michael" wrote: > I guess this is more of a general question, but sometimes after > updating the kernel or nvidia drivers an akmod isn't regenerated and > my system will begin to boot, fedora logo will show, but eventually > it will dump to the systemd l

RE: akmod isn't reliable

2014-01-02 Thread Powell, Michael
>At this risk of sounding a bit harsh... If you don't know where your software >is coming from, don't use it. If >you don't understand that you had to install >the RPM Fusion repositories to get akmods, you probably shouldn't >be using >it. It's really designed for people who are running modifie

Re: akmod isn't reliable

2014-01-02 Thread Richard Shaw
On Thu, Jan 2, 2014 at 4:45 PM, Powell, Michael wrote: > >Wrong list, this should be discussed on the RPM Fusion mailing list. > > > >Richard > > Hmm... how so? At this risk of sounding a bit harsh... If you don't know where your software is coming from, don't use it. If you don't understand tha

Re: akmod isn't reliable

2014-01-02 Thread Ed Greshko
On 01/03/14 06:45, Powell, Michael wrote: >> Wrong list, this should be discussed on the RPM Fusion mailing list. >> >> Richard > Hmm... how so? [egreshko@meimei ~]$ yum info akmods Loaded plugins: langpacks, refresh-packagekit Installed Packages Name: akmods Arch: noarch Version

RE: akmod isn't reliable

2014-01-02 Thread Powell, Michael
>Wrong list, this should be discussed on the RPM Fusion mailing list. > >Richard Hmm... how so? -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.or

Re: akmod isn't reliable

2014-01-02 Thread Richard Shaw
Wrong list, this should be discussed on the RPM Fusion mailing list. Richard -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct G